Ome Quartet of Snow Country

Chapter 575 Relieving the Burden
When they got home, Naoko and Naruse collapsed on the sofa and lay motionless for a while.

After resting for a while, Naoko stood up again and planned to go to the bathroom to fill the water and prepare to take a bath, but Naruse held him down again.

"Let me do it."

He went to put in the water and prepared a change of clothes for the two of them. Then he took her to the bathroom and started washing them together.

woohoo-

He didn't take the initiative to tease the hot water, so Shangzi just lay on top of him and let him scrub his body.

"I'm so tired..."

"Shangzi came home and said 'so tired' five or six times."

"Are there so many..."

"Yep."

She looked up at him, water splashed, and she had to squint her eyes again.

"But I'm really tired today."

"I know." Naruse lowered his head and kissed her forehead, "So go up and rest after taking a bath today."

"it is good……"

"Do you still want to take a bath?"

"Want to soak."

The two of them rinsed themselves off and sat in the bathtub.

After soaking for more than 20 minutes, Shangzi was extremely tired and woke up several times when he was about to fall asleep.

Waking up for the last time, Naruse hugged her tightly from behind, "Let's go to bed."

She nodded.

wow-

Naruse got out of the bathtub, then pulled his girlfriend up, wiped each other's bodies, and dried their hair before getting out.

The two of them didn't stay downstairs, they went directly back to the room upstairs and lay down on the bed.

"Good night……"

"OK, good night."

Just lying on the bed, Shangzi couldn't sleep.

She lay with her eyes closed for more than half an hour. Her body was tired, but she was still mentally awake.

When she opened her eyes again, she turned to look at her boyfriend next to her, turned over, and hugged him.

"Naoko, haven't you fallen asleep yet?" Naruse held her hand.

"Well... suddenly I can't sleep again."

"It's still a little early."

"Yes... usually at this time, I'm still sitting down there."

He turned over and stroked her back, "Then let's go down and sit for a while?"

Shangzi smiled, but did not refuse.

Naruse climbed out of bed and hugged her while she screamed softly.

"I'll go down by myself..."

"Hold tight, you'll fall on your butt if you fall."

"..."

Shangzi immediately hugged his neck tightly and was carried to the sofa downstairs with a steady and rhythmic rocking.

"What do you want to drink?" The boyfriend turned on the TV and served him to the end.

"Um...what?"

"Tap water, tap water, and tap water."

Shangzi laughed, twisted on the sofa, and changed his position, half sitting and half lying down, "Is there nothing in the refrigerator?"

"There's nothing left to drink." Naruse said and walked upstairs again, "I'll go to the convenience store."

"Hey, forget it if you want to go out."

He went up anyway, and after a while, he changed into casual clothes that he could go out and came down, "Buy two bottles of green tea and keep them. Can you drink milk or juice at night?"

"Milk." He had already changed his clothes, so Shang Zi didn't say anything more.

"Where are the snacks."

"I still need some snacks..."

"I'm going to stay down there until Naoko wants to sleep."

She smiled and said, "Chunhai, just watch and buy it yourself."

"I'll be right back."

"Ah."

Due to the distance between the two trips and the time it took to pick and choose, Shangzi estimated that it would take at least ten minutes for him to come back, and it didn't take long for him to return home with drinks and snacks.

"So fast!"

"I told you I'll be back soon..." He panted slightly, put down the milk snacks, and sent the green tea to the refrigerator.

Shangzi sat cross-legged on the sofa, and waited until he sat back with two cups before opening the first pack of snacks.

"I can't eat... I ate a lot at night, and I will definitely gain a few pounds tomorrow."

"It doesn't matter, the meat will grow where it should."

"what……"

He opened the milk and poured a glass each for himself and his girlfriend.

After taking a sip of milk and eating a small snack, Naoko leaned against her boyfriend and watched TV.

"Better turn off the lights."

Snap, the lights went out, leaving only a little light projected by the screen in the living room.

As soon as Naruse sat down on the sofa, he heard Naoko say: "I know why I can't sleep."

He hugged her, "Why."

"Because the cultural festival is over."

"I'm relieved, but I can't sleep anymore?"

Shangzi smiled and squeezed into his arms again, "It's strange."

He looked down at her, waiting for her to continue.She leaned in and thought for a while before she said, "There is more of an emptiness like a burden being lifted off."

After the cultural festival is over, there will indeed be no major events to mobilize the power of the club in the next two semesters.

Naruse held her hand and said, "Naoko doesn't want to be a minister now?"

"No." Shangzi looked at the TV and considered his words to describe his feelings more accurately, "It's just that after this, it doesn't matter even if I'm not in the club."

"Get ready to give yourself a vacation."

She smiled and said, "Absolutely."

Naruse squeezed her hand and said, "Then it's almost time for me to relieve myself of the burden of minister. Before Naoko takes care of things, please find a successor for me."

"Well... let's let the next club members decide." She didn't want to worry about it now, "The handicraft club doesn't even know who should take over."

"Don't you have any idea?"

"Well...Actually, it's a little bit, but I'm still observing. I don't know if that child is really reliable."

"That child... the other person is just one level younger than Shangzi."

"Forget it."

She rubbed his shoulder and said, "That's what I was thinking, and I accidentally said it like this."

"Then continue to observe, it's only the end of September." Naruse said.

"Ah."

The two continued to watch TV, and she cuddled up and slowly lay on his lap again.

Naruse looked down at his girlfriend and touched her face.

When the club is no longer her constant concern, the time she spends with him will gradually increase.

In other words, the time he spends alone with them will also decrease.

And this will happen sooner or later.

Seeing Shangzi's eyes gradually closing, her face full of the sense of security she relied on him, he really didn't know how to share the so-called sharing with her... No, to Shangzi, this was just betrayal.

Taking a deep breath, Naruse looked at the TV again.

In the darkness, only the fluorescent light of the screen was flickering and dancing, and neither of the two people who were still awake cared about the content being played.

buzz-

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly the vibration of my mobile phone came in the darkness.

Naruse's heart skipped a beat, and then he realized that it wasn't his cell phone.

He lowered his head and said, "Shangzi."

"Well..." She closed her eyes.

"Your news."

She opened her eyes, "Who is it...it's already too late."

"I don't know. Friends from the club?"

Naruse gave her the mobile phone on the table, and Naoko opened it, and the lazy look on her face immediately disappeared.

She got up from his lap, pursed her lips, and replied a few words silently before putting down the phone.

"It's mom..."

Naruse was startled, "Why are you sending a message at this time...Have you just finished your work?"

"Yeah." Shangzi was about to explain to him when another message was sent, and she picked up her phone to reply.

Naruse watched until she put down her phone again.

"Uncle and aunt are coming back?"

"No... Mom said she had someone bring something back. She will pass by here tomorrow and asked me to pay attention to receive it."

"What is it, a product of the institute?"

"That's about it, some pork, beef or something."

Because both of her parents work at the Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute, Naoko often receives some high-quality meat brought back from there or by others, and Naruse also enjoys a lot of delicious food.

"Did you tell me what time you'll be here tomorrow?"

"Around ten o'clock in the morning."

"That's no problem. We should be awake at ten o'clock."

"Ah."

Shangzi nodded, picked up the phone again, and continued to send messages.

Naruse glanced at it casually, then frowned.

She was expressing her gratitude to her mother, but...

"Isn't that too polite to say that?"

"what."

Shangzi subconsciously pressed the phone screen against his chest, raised his head to meet his gaze, and slowly put it down again.

"No... It's already this time, and my mother is still concerned about my affairs. I..."

"Because she is Shangzi's mother, she cares about Shangzi and gives him these things, which is natural. Although she cannot accept everything with complete peace of mind just because of this, but..."

Naruse looked at his girlfriend, and the words that the couple said to him when they came back for the first time came to mind.

"Shangzi is a little too polite."

She pursed her lips.

"Aren't they all Shangzi's family?"

"Yes……"

"In the future, I will truly become Shangzi's family. Will Shangzi be so polite to me?"

She didn't speak.

["Let Shangzi let go of the burden and learn to accept everything he has received easily..."]

Naruse didn't think that he could fulfill Hanasawako's long-standing expectations with just a few words. He paused and held his girlfriend's hand tightly.

"For a long time in the future, as a family, we will live with Shangzi's parents. If Shangzi is always so polite, it will be very hard."

The future...live together...

Shangzi opened his mouth, his eyes were straight and he was speechless.

don't want……

(End of this chapter)